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Klamath Youths Have Say
Over Air As To How They
Can Improve Environment
By MAO EHI.TY Jr.
A representation of Klamath Br
in youth lntl night put their eld-
. w on me spof on tho "Build
uie Biwin' panel, culllnit on or-
rnls to bring up youngsters m bet
tor citizens, ttomo adults chimed
in. too.
The topic under dlncuulon was
"How Can Youth Bct Contribute
Toward Building the Basin?." and
ht UMinl a flood of Dhone cnllx
from KFLW listeners covered the
Miuirci mutter fairly well.
Four panel member were from
i no younger net the oldest wni 31
years old. The other three were
anultJi, two of them parent.
Sylvia Hltlto. KUIIs 17-ycar-old,
-asuonoci loanys youth la no dir.
iwreiil from- anr tither vena-ration
' "If wo do not recognise our re
sponsibilities," she aald. 'It la part
ly, u noi wnouy, me mult of the
generation before tts."
OTI Student body Pre. Lyle
Rend, a 31-year-old whose home la
In Corvallls suggested a practical
apphcntlon for building the basin
He pointed to young people which
have underaon training at OTI
and many of whom today are act-
Tidelands Oil
Bill Talked
WASHINGTON Wl The Senate
took up Tuesday the controversial
problem of whether the atatea or
the federal government should con
trol tho oll-rlch lands off tho na
tion's coast linen.
The Supreme Court has ruled
threo times that the federal gov
ernment, not the Htatos, has para
mount rights to the lands beneath
the marginal neas and Uie miner
als they contain.
But the slules. particularly Cal
ifornia, Louisiana and Texas, have
refused to give up heir fight.
Pfndlng before the Senate Is a
r.ulutlon, supported by the admin
istration, providing for federal ad
ministration of mineral leases In
the off-shoro area.
Tho proposal Introduced by
Sens. O'Mahoney (D.-Wyo..) and
Anderson (D.-N.M.,) would vali
dato oil leases Issued In good faith
by the states beforo tho Supreme
Court decisions nni authorize the
secretary of the Interior, with state
consent, to Issue new leases,
w The coastal states would get
ttJ'-j per cent of the revenues from
mineral leases and roynltles. The
remainder would go to the federal
treasury.
Snow Swirls
Over Kansas
By The Associated Press
Kansas and Western Missouri
began shaking off the effects of a
late-winter storm Tuesday . that
dumped moro than a half foot
of snow In many sections, snarled
toiansportiitlon and olosed schools,
At least six deaths, five of thorn
In tho Kansas City nren, were at-
irinutca 10 wo siorm.
Tho midwest region braced tor
new rigors Tuesday night; Tho
Weather Bureau Issued a special
warning that a cold, wave would
strike Illinois, Indiana, Missouri,
Southern and Eastern Wisconsin
Tuesday night.
Temperatures were forecast to
chop to S to 10 below zero In
Wisconsin, r,ero to five below in
Missouri; five to 18 above In In
diana; and from near zero to 30
above In Illinois.. .
KASnU MEET
Election of officers la scheduled
for, Klamath Air Search and Res-cud)-Unit
meeting at the Pilot's
C'liilJ. tomorrow, 8 p.m.
KASHU Pros, Vio Douglas anid
several Important business Items
were on tho agenda.
Ive, participating eitln-ns. By gain
ing education, ha aald, and then
bulldng business, youth can be
come belter citizenry anil members
of the community.
Petite and pretty Bally Thomas,
a 17-year-old Tulclake high student.
ngurcs the community has about
done enough lor youth.
"It's time the youth of the basin
took more responsibility," she sari.
"We've been given the Ideas and
It's up to us to develop them."
Marvin Nrrscth, another KUHS
17-year-oia senior, delved into psy
chological development when he
declared, "No delinquent Is born,
he Is a product of environment,
and toned the problem back at
parent. '. -. . .... '
Francis Skinner, one of the three
adults, followed suit, A 4-H club
agent hern as well as a parent,
he noted that home training la Im
portant In building character.
"A suppressed child at home:"
he aald, "might be one who ex-
Ereasea himself In actions when he
older and away from home.'
Mrs. Ellen Clark, a parent of
a KUHS freshman, said respect
tor law was one of the first things
a child must learn.
"That starts right at home." she
said.
Don Sutcllffe, neither a parent
nor attached to any youth activity,
called for more Integration between
the community and the schools as
a possible means of better develop
ing education. He hit at the pes
simism visited on each succeeding
generation, noting that so far none
has been discernably worse than
any other In history-
A listener's question asking
whether or not students could han
dle Judicial matters such as traf
fic offenses In student courts and
thus enhance student government
caused some division among the
panel members.
Lyle Read noted OTI's student
court where he said "embarrass
ment works very well as a pun
ishment measure," though Sylvia
mills and Sally Thomas bath claim
young people won't cooperate.
Divided opinion among the
younger members was also on the
question of having a student rep
resentative on the school board.
Read said the students oftontlinc
would carry problems to othc
students, not to school officials.
Young Ncrscth, however, sol
that at KUHS a lack of studen.
solidarity in things other thar
sports would nullify such a school
board representation.
Miss mills also noted a lack
of attitude, but felt it would not
affect student government.
Miss Thomas, however, blamct'
students, not their student govern
ments. And she felt that more thar
one representative on a school
board would bo needed for succes
fill operntion of that Idea.
A concensus of the panel's opin
ion showed there was a general
feeding that graft existed In local
government.
Ncrscth said that It was a well
known fact that horse parlors
existed noi too long ago in local
taverns Illegally as well as other
Illegal institutions.
"Someone must have been mak
ing some money someplace," he
said.
Next Monday's panel will cover
a problem region wide in Its lm
mediate Importance, and Important
to all the west in its potentialities
the utilization of water.
Driver Injured
In Accident
One man was reported Injured In
a two-car crash on S. Oth early
this morning.
Frank R. Kline address unknown
was taken to Klamath Valley Hos
pital with ft reported left leg In
jury. Extent of the Injury was not
revealed.
Kline, operating a 1042 Plymouth
sedan west on 8. 6th St., turned
into the path of a OMO truck op
erated In the opposite direction by
Samuel Olson, 701 Division St., ac
cording to State Police.
.No Immediate citation was Issued
by tho Investigating officer.
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fewest Inbpe IF!?'
Teen-Agers Draw Wrath Of
Court --And Five Year Term
Two in-ycar-old youths, Sheldon
Abcrcroniulo and Kenneth R. Low-
rv were each sentenced to five
years 111 Oregon Stale Prison this
morning by Circuit Judge David
R. Viuidcnberg.
Judgo Vumlcnbcrg said It was
the maximum sentence he could
give on tho charge against them,
entering a motor vehicle with In
tent to steal.
Along with another youth, Aber
cromble and Lowry were placed
on two year's probation Dec. 28,
Ittil, (in pleading guilty to the
charge.
Probation of the pair was re
voked last week in Court on charge
Attlee Wins
Defense Stand
LONDON Ml Clement R. At
tlee beat off decisively Tuesday
an all-out attack by Labor Party
left wingers against his leadership
on the issue of Britain's national
defense policy.
Attlce's victory, at a closed ses
sion of the 29& Laborlles in the
House of Commons, was reliably
reported to have been by a voting
margin of around three to one.
It was the first time the long
standing leadership challenge of
Aneurln Bevan and his leftist forces
had come to a showdown vote at a
meeting of party members who
hold seats In Commons.
Attlee has already decided to
move In Commons tomorrow thai
Winston Churchill's Conservative
government is "not capable of car
rying out adequately" the British
defenae program.
. This program, originally calling
for a three-year, 4,'i0o,00Oi000 pound
(113,160,000,000) arms outlay, was
drawn up by Attlce's own Labor
government before Its defeat In the
national election lost Ocober.
It was reported Bevan demanded
Tuesday the motion go far beyond
the wording proposed by the party
leadership.
He wanted It to assert that the
present scale of rearmament Is too
largo and should be cut In order
to avoid economy slashes In the
nation's welfare services such as
the costly Ircc health scheme.
It's Cheaper
On One Skate
HOUSTON, Tex. trl Patrolman
W, F. Brown said he couldn't be
lieve what he saw Tuesday.
"It was a little woman In her
mld-40's skating In and out among
the automobiles, going downtown
on one skate. She had a cane which
she used to guide herself and as a
brake."
The policeman said he stopped
the woman and ordered her upon
Uie sidewalk.
"When I asked her why she was
skating like that." Brown contin
ued, "she replied "What do you
think I'm going to do pay some
so and so 15 cents when I can come
to town on a skate? I do this often
on one skate.'"
O. K. PUCKETT (above) is
chairman of the Industrial
Division of the Klamath
Red Cross membership
funds drive now under
way. Puckett's division, one
of six, has a quota of
$4,500. The overall county
quota is $25,000. L. N.
Jones is assisting Puckett
in securing donations.
Puckett said today 70 firms
had been approached and
that "only two'' of them
had refused to cooperate.
Each firm is being asked to
designate an employe to
solicit other employes.
Puckett said he was opti
mistic about reaching his
division quota.
they were drinking, associating to
getner and Abercromble had forced
his 16-year-old wife to have Inter
course with Lowry.
Dlst. Atty. D. E. Von Vactor
i.nld If Ills office had been able
to prove rape against the pair he
would have Hied the charge.
Judge Vandenberg said If the
youths had been before him on
rape charge they would each have
gotten 20 years. .
Also given five years prison time
was Louis J. tiles. 42-year-oia ear
lier on charge of obtaining money
bv false nrctenses.
' He admitted lost week In court
cashing a $100 bad check at Har- i
dya Men's Store, early in Febru
ary. I
Estes was released from prison
last August after serving time
from Klamath county on a similar
charge.
Baby Dies
In Wocus
A tiny baby girl strangled on
its milk and died this morning at
Wocus.
The baby was Bettlna Lou. 2
months and 18 days old, daughter
of Mrs. Barbara Rusaw.
Klamath Falls firemen were
called to the residence at 3:48 a.m.
and worked over the child for about
45 minutes with a resuscltator, but
could not revive her.
A physician called pronounced
the child dead.
The body of Bettlna Lou was
taken to O'Halr's Memorial Chapel,
where funeral arrangements will
be made. '
Bloodmobile
Visit Slated
This month's Red Cross Bloodmo
bile visit Is scheduled for Merrill,
next Tuesday, noon untU 4 p. m.
It Is to be a Joint enterprise en
compassing the entire Tulclake,
Merrill and Malln area. A goal of
224 donors has been set.
The Tulelake Red Cross chapter
is to have charge of the canteen,
furnishing coffee and doughnuts to
each donor.
Three persons have been desig
nated to accept donor applications.
iney are: xuieiate. Ross Ka gland;
Merrill. Mrs. Clifford Shuck; and
Malln, Jack Storey.
French Hit
AtVietminh
SAIOON, Indochina 11 French 1
bombers and heavy artillery pound
ed Uie Communist-led Vietminh in
a string of fortified villages south
east of Hanoi Tuesday. It signalled
a new drive to wipe out enemy
infiltrators in the Red River Delta.
The French high command said
the operation was progressing fa
vorably against one Vietminh di
vision. South of Hanoi French mobile
units continued to pursue fleeing
Vietminh units.
The French appeared to be grad
ually widening the scope of their
big sweeps in an effort to make
the Delta secure for the bulk of
the French and Vietnamese forces
now centered there after the with
drawal from Hno Blph on the Black
River.
ESCAPES
SALEM Wi A state prison
trusty walked away early Tuesday
from his cow-milking job.
He Is Walter Cullen, 32, who en
tered the prison Jan. 17, 1948, to
serve five years for obtaining mon
ey under false pretenses.
Warden Virgil O'Malley said Cul
len was last seen at 4:30 a.m.
Nation's
Critical Stage Of Planning Now
By OVID A. MARTIN
WASHINGTON WI - The nation's
agriculture Is moving Into a critical
planning stage for this year's pro
duction. Prospects are clouded by a gen
eral downtrend In prices, a tight
labor supply and a scarcity of
some types of machinery,
Tho Agriculture Department's
vast staff of crop reporters Is now
busy contacting farmers to-find
out what their production plan's
are. Results of the survey will be
reported March 19. -
secretary urannan nas outlined
a record volume of production
goals.
If attained, the harvest would be
6 per cent larger than last year.
Brannan said a big volume is need
ed to supply requirements under
V - V." 'H i
MRS. VERNON MOE
(above), Vacaville, Calif.,
has been here several days
participating in the search
for the Air Force C-47
which disappeared in this
area Dec. 26, carrying Mrs.
Aloe's husband and seven
other service men. Mrs.
Moe has made several
search flights as an ob
server and while the
weather has temporarily
halted aerial searching, she
is busy checking records
and reports for additional
clues to the plane's wherer
abouts. She plans to remain
here several more days and
hopes' To- -do- fiiore -seaTCtT
flying. Cantain Moe was co
pilot on the lost plane.
They'll Go To
War, Even, To
Get The Taxes
CHICAGO W John T. Jarecki,
collector of internal revenue in
Chicago, disclosed a letter he re-
Rio, North Korea Monday.
The Marine, unidentified, had re
ceived a notice that he owed $30.30
on his 1950 tax. '
"Dear Johnnie," the Marine
wrote, "Your questionnaire was
forwarded to me by my mother
and I hope the enclosed contribu
tion will Ude the government over
In these dire times. I can certainly
assure you that you will receive
the $30.30 from me when I return
to civilian life.
"In the meantime, chin up, old
bean, buy another war bond, give
another pint of blood, and keep
hoping that I don't meet one with
my number on it. If so, I imagine
you will find some way to get it
out of my accrued leave pay or
my $10,000 insurance. I have all
the confidence in the world in you
when it comes to collecing money.
Till next summer then, good luck
and don't take any -wooden nick
els." With the letter was a bank note
100 Korean Won. Jarecki said it
was worth about 1-3 of a cent. .
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity, snow flurries Tuesday
High Wednesday 38, low tonight
24. Northern California, partly
cloudy with snow flurries, - little
temperature change.
High Monday 37
Low last night .... ... 15
Preoip Monday .06
Preclp since Oct. 1 12.S3
Normal for period 8.29
Period last year ... 12.04
(Additional Weather en Page 4)
Agriculture Moving Into
the defense program and to rebuild
shrinking reserves.
Perhaps the most disturbing ele
ment is a decline in prices.
Taken as a whole, they have
dropped 5 per cent since the first
of the year. They dipped nearly 4
per cent in February alone, and
there are Indications they will drop
further this morning.
Generally speaking, farmers are
prone to cut back a little on pro
duction when prices are going
down.
Of two dossen major farm prod
ucts, only eight are bringing pro
ducers parity prices or better.
They are beef cattle, veal calves,
lambs, butterfat, milk, cotton, po
tatoes and sweet potatoes.
Parity is a standard for meas
uring farm- prices, It is declared
feme
Fifth Day
Of Crisis;
Pinay Tries
PARIS I The lanky figure
of Oen. Charles de Gaulle cast a
lengthening shadow over French
politics Tuesday as Independent
Antoine Pinay tried to patch a new
Cabinet of experts from the ill
fitting Jig-saw pieces of France's
non-Communist parties.
Few observers gave Pinay
transport minister In the lame duck
government of Edgar Faure any
better chance of success than his
predecessors.
The crises was in its fifth day. It
began because the Assembly voted
1,400 billion france (about four bil
lion dollars) for arms Including
expanaea aeiense oi western Bu-
rope then refused a 15 per cent
tax boost to help pay the bill.
oume rrencn aepuues aireaay
ed States for stlU more aid to pay
France's defense bill.
But In Washington, Chairman
Connally (D.-Tex.,) of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, an
grily thundered that unless France
docs "her utmost In her own de
fense, she cannot justify large ap
propriations from the United States
for both economic and military
aid."
Such plain talk from the Senate's
most potent voice on foreign af
fairs indicated that the French
failure to find the funds for her
part of North Atlantic defense was
building up fresh trouble for Presi
dent Truman's request for $7,900,
000,000 foe foreign aid.
. The longer the crisis dragged on
with the "bleeding of the nearly
empty treasury unstopped oy new
taxes the better De Gaulle's
chances seemed of getting into
power.
His party, the RPF (Rally of he
French People), which has the larg
est membership in ParUment, vig
orously opposed the Schuman Plan
for pooling Western Europe's coal
and steel industries.
It also opposes the one-uniform
European Army, proposed by
France as a method of bringing
Germany Into European defense
without risking another German
conquest of France.
Bus Schedule
Change Told
A schedule change effective Wed-
ncsdoy on Pacific Trailway buses
operating out of Klamath Falls has
been announced by John Sayre,
local manager.
The bus usually leaving here at
7:45 a.m. will leave instead at
9:15 a.m. arriving in Portland at
6:15 p.m. for connections to East
ern Washington points. The sched
ule still permits connection at Bend
for Boise. Salt Lake and points
East and at the Dalles with North
west Greyhound lines for North
west points.
The 4 p.m. bus leaving here
reaches Portland at 12:30 a.m. in
time for direct connections to Ta
coma and Seattle.
Mrs. Pomeroy
Dies In Medford
FORT KLAMATH Word was re
ceived here today of Uie death in
Medford of Mrs. Edna Pomeroy, 63,
a pioneer resident of this commu
nity. A native of Myrtle Point, Mrs.
Pomeroy came to Fort Klamath in
1907 where she operated a drug
store for several years.
. She had been ill for several years
and died at Community Hosplal in
Medford.
Survivors Include two daughters,
Mrs. Joanne Nelson and Mrs. Burel
Griffin, both of Medford.
by law to be equally fair to farm
ers and those who buy their prod
ucts.
Selling for less than a year ago
are such commodities as wheat,
rice, oats, cotton, cottonseed, soy
beans, peanuts, flaxseed, dry beans
and peas, citrus fruits, hogs, beef
cattle, veal calves, lambs, sheep,
chickens, eggs and wool. Yet farm
production costs have advanced
6 per cent.
The price situation already Is
adversely affecting productoin of
some Items particularly hogs and
eggs.
Department surveys Indicate hog
production will decline 9 to 10 per
cent this year and that farmers
will raise 10 per cent fewer chick
ens for laying flock replacements.
Earthquake Cold
Add To Misery;
31 Reported Dead
Br OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO P A powerful earth-
quake and tidal waves 12 feet high
killed an estimated 31 Japanese
In Northern Japan Tuesday and
left thousands homeless.
Driving snowstorms and bitter
near-zero cold hit the area Tuesday
night.
The quake, centered deep under
the Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido
Island, was one of the greatest
shocks ever recorded on the world's
seismographs.
It stirred up tidal waves that
bailered coast towns, crumpled
flimsy fishing villages and tossed
small boats.
The rumbling shocks knocked
down buildings, started landslides,
Unofficial reports said more than
2,500 homes were destroyed.
Japanese police aald five trains
were derailed, and one turned
over. Three bridges fell.
Three schools and eight buildings
were wrecked, police said.
Lattimore
Denies Red
Friendships
WASHINGTON W) Owen Latti
more testified Tuesday that when
j his wife Eleanor wrote that he
didn't know any Russians In this
! country, she clearly was speaking
I of the year 1950.
tic tatmnt marf. h.fnra
the Senate Internal Security sub-
commitee, in its continuing search
for possible Communist influences
on U.S. foreign policy.
It has developed evidence that
Lattimore, a one time State De
partment consultant, had met the
Soviet ambassador three times,
had lunched at the Soviet consulate
in San Francisco and had talked
with a Russian news writer.
These events, the testimony
showed, occurred over a period
ranging from 1936 to early 1944.
Sen. Ferguson (R.-Mlch.. asked
Lattimore If his book, "Ordeal by
Slander," had not said that he
didn't know any Russians In this
country.- or any Communists.
Lattimore, a Johns Hopkins Uni
versity professor' and Far Eastern
affairs specialist, said this part of
his- book, written by his wife,
shows "she was writing m 1950
that, as of 1950. I didn't know
anv Russians in this country."
"Why do you limit it to 1950?"
Ferguson asked.
Lattimore replied that the book
was written in 1950 and "the con
text clearly shows" that his wife
was writing in reference to the
charge of that year by Sen.- Mc
Carthy (R-Wis.) that Latimore was
Russia's top spy in this country.
A Senate Foreign Relations sub
committee investigated McCarthy's
charges against Lattimore and
others, and the Democratic major
ity called them "a fraud and a
hoax." McCarthy retorted: "white
wash." Lattimore denounced McCarthy's
charges as "pure moonshine", and
in the present investigaion ne nas
sworn under oath that he never
was a Communist, a communist
sympathizer, or a Soviet agent.
UMT Backers Win
First Round
WASHINGTON IB Backers of
Universal Military Training won
the first test vote in the House
Tuesday.
A standing vote of 196 to 167
beat down an opposition motion to
strike out the bill's enacting
clause a maneuver preuminary to
trying to send it back to the Armed
Services Committee.
A later move to send it dsck t.o
committee is expected, bringing a
new test.
MRS. VICTORIA THALER
Tulelake city clerk and
police judge, has filed for
the office of judge of the
newly created Tulelake
Township Judicial District.
Six such districts, providing
a district judge for each
town, have been estab
lished by state legislation.
The change eliminates of
fices of Justice of the
Peace and City Judge, con
solidating both under the
one office of D i s t r i ct
Judge. The office carries
a six year term.
Li m
The U.S. Army reported 31 Ja-
panese dead. The Army figure was
higher than police or newspaper
estimates, but a military spokes
man aald It was essentially accu
rate. One snow-swept community
called for an air drop of 1,000
blankets Wednesday. But a U.8.
Army spokesman said "the relief
situation seems to be under con
trol." VS. all-weather J-84 Jets flew
through snowstorms for an aerial
survey of the quake area but re
ported "we saw no signs of dam
age." Lt. Col. A. H. Bridge made the
report after a flight over Kushlro,
a port city on the southeast coast
of Hokkaido and center of the dam
aged area.
Its harbor facilities were re
ported badly damaged, but Bridge
said the airmen saw no sign of It.
Most of the dead were In and
near the town, on Japan's most
northerly island. Tidal waves
quake touched off 11 fires.
Nine people were burled alive
by a landslide.
The VJB- First Cavalry Division
is stationed on Hokkaido and the
U.S. 24th division is in Northern
Honshu,
They reported no Americans In
jured. Under orders of Gen. Mat
thew B. Rldgway. the divisions
turned their facilities to aid the
stricken and thousands of home
less. The quake struck at 10:24 a.m.
(5:24 p-m. Monday PST).
Seismologists at American uni
versities reported it was one of the
most severe In- the world In half a
century.
Columbia University said It wai
the worst since Aug. 15, IBM, wher.
a quake shook Assam. India- That
was the biggest in 50 years. The
Japanese quake was about the
same intensity.
In Massachusetts, Weston collegt
reported lt "the strongest earth
quake" In a decade. University ol
California scientists called lt "tre
mendous." American seismologists said thi
shock was centered 60 miles below
the floor of the Pacific ocea.
Tokyo meteorologists located the
center as 43 miles east of Capi
Erlmo on South Central Hokkaido
Some points were hit by as man
as eight tidal waves. At othei
points the sea rose as much ai
five feet.
At Hachinohe. on the northeasl
coast-of -Honshu, -five - tidal wavet
swept Inland. . Each was ' larger
than the one -before. Then, -marls
four hours after the- quake, "th
sea receded greatly" Tokyo me
teorologists said.
nineteen years ago Mondaj
another big earthquake and thi
tidal waves It churned up killed
802 people In Northern Japan.
Telephone lines were snapped by
destruction caused by Tuesday':
tremblor.
General Ridgway's headquarters
lifted a ban on aerial photograph:
of Japan to permit birdseye pic
tures of the quake area.
HoofMouth
Tale Doubted
OTTAWA OB A government
Official has HnrpupH Hnnhf kn
j Willi Bruentjen. 27 year old Ger
man immigrant, is the carrier of
the dread hoof-and-mouth dlease
which broke out in South Saskatch
ewan. Immigration Minister Harris
gave that opinion Monday when
he announced the government has
decided to halt immigration of farm
workers from areas in countries
where the disease is known to ex
ist. -The ban is seen here as purely a
precautionary measure.
Bruentjen was discovered In Van
couver, B. c, last week. He now is
in, Hull, Que., undergoing tests by
government scientists.
Agriculture Minister Gardiner
suggested lt was more logical to
suspect that the disease came from
Mexico than from an Immigrant.
100 Killed In
SA Rail Wreck
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil WI
More than 100 persons were killed
In a train collision near here Tues
day. About 200 suffered Injuries,
rhe wreck was the worst In Brazil's
history.
A train crowded with commuters
coming Into Rio De Janeiro crashed
nto a stalled passenger train near
.he suburb of AncMeta, about 19
miles southwest of uie capital.
Bodies were strewn about the
vreckage and some were seen
floating In the nearby Pavuna Riv
er. "It looked like a battlefield," a
survivor, a former soldier, said.
Two cars on the passenger train
.vere derailed at Anchleta. The
commuter train which hit lt was en
route from another suburb and
travelling at a high speed.
February Is Wet
Month In Basin
Klamath Falls had a total pre
cipitation of 2.08 Inches of rain
and snow water content In Feb
ruary, considerably above the 1.48
inches- considered normal for the
month. -
The measurement was taken at
the U.S. Weather Bureau station
on Link River.-
The mean monthly temperature
was 32.4 degrees, the high was 61
recorded Feb. 10 and again Feb.
11, and the low was 10 degrees,
recorded Feb- 21.
Skies were cloudv or partly
cloudy 17 days out of the 31.